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Cellophane-cuckoo Bees
Epeolus
Epeolus is a genus of cuckoo bees of the tribe Epeolini, the subfamily Nomadinae part of the honey bee family Apidae. They are often known as variegated cuckoo-bees.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pyrrhomelecta
subgenusPyrrhomelecta

Epeolus
subgenusEpeolus

Trophocleptria
subgenusTrophocleptria
Argyroselenis
subgenusArgyroselenis
Gongronotus
subgenusGongronotus
Worfapis
subgenusWorfapis
Ectopodus
subgenusEctopodus
Epeolus crucis
speciesEpeolus crucis
Epeolus lanhami
speciesEpeolus lanhami
Epeolus lutzi
speciesEpeolus lutzi
Epeolus fervidus
speciesEpeolus fervidus
Epeolus beulahensis
speciesEpeolus beulahensis
Epeolus hitei
speciesEpeolus hitei
Epeolus gabrielis
speciesEpeolus gabrielis
Spring cellophane-cuckoo bee
speciesEpeolus vernalis
Epeolus humillimus
speciesEpeolus humillimus
Epeolus danieli
speciesEpeolus danieli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Epeolus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 154666.